CJ Washington comes to the Halifax Hurricanes for his first year from Forkland, Alabama, and he brought lots of hard work to the court with him.

“I work so hard I think it rubs off on my team. Coach is looking for me to play hard,” says the power forward.

Washington played at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and graduated with a bachelor of business, majoring in accounting.

Most recently, he played professionally in Argentina for a couple months before coming to the Hurricanes training camp.

Washington credits going to the NCAA tournament in his senior year of college as his greatest accomplishment in basketball thus far, but he is looking forward to what is already looking like another promising year for the Hurricanes.